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SUCH IS LIFE ? Not Really By Charles Sughroe Weather Prophet Is Signed by Navy "Ace" Prognosticator Know* All About Storm*. Chicago. ? On the day that the United States declares war against any other nation. Dr. Selby Maxwell will Join tbe nary for the duration of hostilities. The United States navy says little about anything In which It Is deeply Interested. But there's somelhlng about storm movements and battle fleet ma neuvers tint Interests the navy greatly. And while Doctor Maxwell, a Chicago scientist, doesn't know much about fleet maneuvers, he does know some thing about storms. In fact, he Is known throughout tbe Middle West as the nation's ace weather prognosti cator. The naix will back up that state ment. Evqfry weather prediction that Doctor Maxwell makes is checked by navy officials at the Great Lakes Train ing station. Great Lakes. Very con servatively, these officials state. Doc tor Maxwell Is 85 per cent accurate In calling hla shots. But, for the past three months, they also admit, very quietly, that be has been SH.6 per cent right. It was only > year ago ttiat a shab by farmer hitch hiked 300 miles to To peka. Kan., where Doctor Maxwell was i i TWO-PIECE FROCK ' Black and white with red patent leather. Thla two-piece print frock baa a white filet of tucked net and pique. ETbe belt and has are red; aod the off-tlM-face hat la black and white plqa* addressing a grain merchants' meeting. The farmer asked the question: "Doctor Maxwell, I read last year that you predicted a dry spell for this farm land again. I've lost everything I had In the drouths. I have one plant ing of wheat left Shall I plant it now?" -No.* Doctor Maxwell advised. "Save it until next year. Plant it then. If you get a reasonably good crop, plant again for seven years. If the soil goes bad again in drouths ? move out/' Facing the ridicule of his neighbors, the farmer refused to plant his wheat. His neighbors lost their crops; he still has his one planting. Doctor Maxwell deals In nothing more occult than simple mathematics. He has a formula by which he can foretell the weather for any city or country on any date. He Is now a man of forty-two, slight, getting bald, a little vague as astron omers always are. and finding things extremely simple. Servsd In War. As a young man he did research at Northwestern university seeking the secrets of clouds and weather, only in terrupting this work for the war, which, curiously, he participated in on the staff of the Italian government's propaganda division. In 1918 he hustled back to North western and studied there until 1933, seeking one thing ? the formula for forecasting storms. Three years sgo he found bis an swer. Is it right? Preparing to settle down to some pretty serious storm forecasting three years sgo. Doctor Maxwell called at the United States hydrographies of fice In Chicago one day to borrow some data and instruments. People there talked to him about his research, what he sought, what he found, and quite unexpectedly the United States navy displayed the most amazing Interest in his work. There were floods In the East a few months ago. Doctor Maxwell said there would have to be floods. Ten dsys snd eleven hours before the water started rising he broadcast a warning. He knew that from watching his pre diction maps. He makes these up a month in advance for farmers and in each square of the calendar there is a simple weather map to give farmers a clear picture of what's coming for that month. Hindus Unite Ape* at Ritual Marriage Bombay. British India.? The cere monial "marriage" of a pair of monkeys, with all the ritual of a Hindu weddlnc. vas conducted at Surat by a Sadhu (Hindu ascetic) In response to Inspiration." The male monkey Is supposed to be a descendant of the monkey-tod Hanuman. Thousands lined the streets to watch the marriage pro ceaalon. AMAZE A MINUTE SCIEWTIFACTS ~ BY ARNQip Heartbeat SENSITIVE-. A Ntw Pocxtr OCTiCTO* uSID TO ?tc0?0 BUILD) MO VI MATIOMS a SO MM smwi TIKS HtA*TB?*TS ? AMTONf LEAMIN6 AGAINST TMf '' \ * 'V ?! Water at low cost/ "fst COST OT CiSlrCt IN6, PURIFYING A NO CONVCYMt THE DAILY Kl PERSON CON Sumption oe iso gallons in New Yo*k City is only V?<. Killers - The momicioai DEATH KATE M T?t ' U.S. HAS MOtl than ooueuo Since 1900. CLIMBING MOUNTAINS By LEONARD A. BARRETT The reason so many persons achieve only a modicum of success Is that they are satisfied with mediocrity. Any thing to get by. Let well enough alone. Why worry. Do not permit the spirit of ambition to inter fere with content ment. Endeavor to be satisfied. Rest easy In mind and heart, and let the world go by. How frequently we 'hear It We are satis fled to perform or dinary. very ordi nary tasks. We feel quite satisfied to do manjr things Id the same way as our fathers did them. Any at tempt to think In grooves other than they thought, seems to us dis loyal and decidedly radical. This at titude of mind ? doing only what is expected of us with the least possi ble expenditure of energy ? Is wit nessed all the way from a certain type of man who works In the factory to the one who tries to earn a living by his wits. Under no clrcunfstances would this factory man strike his bam HEAD OF [.LESLEY Miss Mildred Helen McAfee, thirty six. dean or women at Utierlln college. In Uberlln, Ohio, was elected presi dent of Wellesley college. She suc ceeds Dr. Ellen Kitzpendleton, whose retirement takes effect In June. Miss McAfee will take over In the fall. She graduated from Vassar In lir.ti. and received the degree of master of arts In ltft? from the University of Chi cago. Miss McAfee Is the daughter of Rev Dr. Cleland Boyd McAfee of New Tork city, secretary of the Presby terian board of foreign missions, and former moderator of the general as sembly of the Presbyterian church. mer after the whistle blew. Many times we have seen him lower hla arm and with satisfaction lay aside hla tool rather than do a stroke of work after the noon alren. The man In the store who cautiously watches the clock seldom rises above the common place. No person who occupies a place of executive or administrative respon sibility makes himseir Indispensable, until his task challenges his best tal ent and enduring strength, even at the point of sacrlhce. Many persons do not rise above the ordinary because they are too well sat isfied with the commonplace. Perhaps it is the path of least resistance, but certainly not one to release the best that is in us. It Is easier to climb a hill than a mountain, but the view from the moan tain top Is far mure Inspiring than that from the top of a small hill. We hesitate to attempt to scale the moun tain because It is very steep, per chance. rough, and marked with dan gerous pitfalls. We choose the bill and try to. be content. All the while the .tcounliin * T*ce_ glorirns-eba! lenge. a more gigantic achievement At a distance, the mountain appears very steep. We shrink from ascent We forget that all real success Is not as much the result of genius ss of strenuous toil, sweat, and selfsacrl flce. Ws struggle to avoid the moun tains and wonder why are are not farther advanced along life's highway. We arc content wltk the small oppor tunity. while the larger one may be Just around the corner. We are satis fied to aim at a bouse top rather than at the stars. Mountains do not come to us. We must go to tbem. When ire And them rising majestically above us, they seem cold and remote. Not so! If they could speak, they would say something like this: The pathway to mjr summit Is (^^rJ~/oilSQ floCS ^ By Ltjdia Le Baron Walker PERSONS who dislike to telephone, probably have one reason, unsus pected, that gives this feeling. This is that their telephone desk is not prop erly equipped. How often do all of us hear: 44 Just wait a minute, please, until I get a pencil and paper, to jot down what you say," whenever we wish to leave a message, or when the person talked to wants to help ber memory about a date, or anything that re quires definite ret membrance. So let us start our telephone desk furnishings with a pad and a pencil, not a loose peDcil that can be taken away absent mlnd edly. but one that Is secured either to the desk or to the pad. Strange as It may seem. It Is difficult to get an ordinary peocll with a ring at the end or attached to It la any way. And pads seldom come provided with pencils fastened to them. Once I became so discouraged in my search that finally. In despair, I drilled a hole through the metal of an eraser tip on a pencil (first removing the eraser), ran a fine cord through It, leaving a long end of cord, and this I tied to the desk. Ever since then, taking down notes has been a simple matter, for a pad, too large to be thoughtlessly removed. Is by the phone. By the way if yon want a small fancy pencil, ther? are some kinds that can be bad with ring-ends. Personally I want a regular pencil, not a fancy one that Is liable to get out of order. But what ever kind you choose be sure to secure It to pad or desk, and have plenty of leeway In length of fastening. Let me suggest that pad-sheets have message transfeiVed to their proper places quickly, lest they be lost. Put any telephone numbers In the tele phone address book or file on the desk. This brings np the subject of these books. They are essential unless we prefer a file. Many persons do. An excellent file can be made from any small alphabetically arranged box file. The advantage rtf this filing system. Is that cards can be eliminated when not needed. Consulting the files Is easy. Calendar. Don't omit a calendar. It can be attached to the pad. Such combina tions of calendar and pad are among the desk accessories on the market If preferred the calendar can hang above the desk. Keep tbe desk clear of extraneous not easy. It is rugged and dangerous; but I offer you a true challenge, an appeal to your strength and your cour age, a spirit of adventure, an oppor tunity which will test to the limit the "beat" tfeat is In you. Come, climb to the heights sublime. Although you may not reach tbe top. you will have the lasting Joy of having tried. Not what we do, but what we strive to do, gives life its real zest and Its en during peace. Find your mountain and ever remember that "Not failure but low aim Is crime." C WMttra Newspaper Union. articles. Slips of piper on which mes sages bare been written will get lost at times, and someone In the household will be puzzled and annoyed. Each person should look out for her own messages, and when she gets those for others not present, she should deliver them promptly, or put the written note In some place where a message will be found soon after the absent one re turns. Co-operation, order, and cor rect desk equipments, make telephon ing more pleasurable Sustained Effort. There is nothing like sustained ef fort to win out In whatever yon at tempt to da Working "by Inspiration," as the saying goes, is a fine idea dur ing periods of Inspiration; but unless these periods are ve.y frequent, ac complishment Is little. It is wtjen you continue to plod along Iq the Interima between these Inspirational tlmea, that the total of what you do sums up welL This la no plea for plodding. There Is a vast difference between plodding and sustained effort The plodder gets Into a routine of work that be comes mechanical In Its monotonoua repetition of tasks in sequence. The persons who work only when they feel like It, and It is amazing the number of such workers, often work with an ardor when they do, that Is devastating to their constitutions. When the zeal Is spent, so are their phy siques, Such persons scarcely know the meaning of moderation. They In termittently work furionsly and col lapse In rest. Nerves get on edge and spirits fluctuate. G Ball Syndicate. ? WND Senrlca. EQUALS THE RECORD This Slako shark, caught oil the store* of BImlnl, English Isle, 45 miles off Miami beach, by Norton Conway, New York stock broker, equals the world's record for this type of Osb. It -weighs 798 pounds. Uonway spent more than one hour In boating his catch. Took Her Hair but Not Her Head Mr*. Robert 8. Piatt, wife of Professor Piatt of the Geography department it the Onirersity of Chicago, submits with a laugh to demands of Agnarana It Hans for a lock of hair. The ladiana are native* of Pen, Inhabiting the eastern foothills of the Andes near the headwaters of the *miioa. 1b days sgooe they took the heads of visitors to their l Invite Your Friends to Help Piece This Pretty "Friendship Fan" Quilt rATii ?H.i nu. "Come to a quilting bee I" ? this quilt. Friendship Fan. teems to say, for it's one so easily pieced you. or a gathering of friends, can quickly do a quantity of blocks. Cue your own scraps ? bave your friends con tribute some, too, but be sure you make it colorful. Only three pattern pieces are needed to form the block ? it's Just the quilt for a beginner ! Pattern 4A0 comes to you with complete, simple instructions for cutting, sewing and finishing, togeth er with yardage chart, diagram of quilt to help arrange the blocks for single and double bed size, and a diagram of block which serves as a >fll Aound tie House Wk New cabbage cut in .strips, dropped in salted water and boiled for from ten to fifteen minutes, Is much more digestible than when boiled for a longer time. ? ? * Leftover fruit Jyices should be I canned for next winter's use. Added { to gelatin desserts, puddings, etc., they giv? a delicious flavor. ? ? ? Meringue falls when the oven Is | too hot. If you wish to bake a mer ingue successfully, have oven less | than moderate heat. * ? * Don't use a stiff brush when wash- 1 ing linoleum. This destroys the lus- 1 ter. Wash lightly with soap and wa ter. ? ? ? Label preserving jars with ad hesive tape and write on tape with | red Ink what each Jar contains. ? ? ? One-third whiting, one-third plas ter of paris (poison) and one-third floor mixed with water into a smooth paste, is excellent for filling small cracks in plaster. ? ? ? When pressing a linen suit, damp en with cheesecloth that has been dipped in water, then press linen on wrong side. C Bell Syndicate.-?' WNC Service. ... ? guide for placing the patches and suggests contrasting materials. Send 15 cents In coins or stamps (coins preferred) to The Sewing Cir cle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. T. Write plainly pattern number, your name and ad dress. liM fbleman LANTERN Uchtia*jat?.taaay? THE COLEMAN LAMP AND STOVE CO. sejs?-w!afcsrit i-4? ??js u Just Reward After success, a self-made man likes to recite big experiences. PETERMAMS ANT FOOD [WELCOME] (to NEW YORK 1 1 II ? ^ SINOll OOUBii 1000 BOOMS WITH BATH Three blocks From largest department stores. Empire State Building.Two auto entrances. Cool roof garden. Conser vative clientele. Special weekly rates. No charge for cribs or cots for little tote. PRINCE GEORGE HOTEL 14 BAST SITB STBIBT NEW YORK ] 'If on need atiakXf SIMPLE WAY TO TEST OIL You don't need a laboratory to test oil . . . you can do it right in your own crankcase. It it just a scatter of checking the mileage after a drain and refill till you hare to add the first quart. Some oils stand up longer than others. You will find, though, that under similar driving conditions Quaker State stands up best of alL Try the "First Quart" Test yourself with Quaker State. And remem ber that the oil that stands up longest is giving your motor the best lubrication. Quaker State Oil Refining Company, Oil City, Pa. RetmU Pricm . . . 354 per Quart Seek New Field. Men seldom make general happi ness the end of their actions. M?k. It ? Sa.il. Of >11 the things you wear, yoor expression la the moat Important. CLABBER GIRL Vakinq Powder
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